To make my magazine successful and to make my targeted audience want to buy my magazine I needed to use the following techniques correctly.
The puff text I used was, ` Woo Hoo Simpson’s Super Birthday`.
This puff is in a yellow colour to resemble the skin colour of the Simpson’s.
I have put it in this colour because I think that the targeted audience will recognise the resembling of the text and the colour to create a Simpson’s like feel. The text also has a blue outlining to represent Marge’s hair colour. My puff stands out because it is bold with different colours and has an edge. I have also used alliteration in this puff text to create a grand feel with the readers. `Simpson’s Super`, sounds strong and grand so it will get the targeted audience attention and tell them that it’s the Simpson’s Birthday. The reason why it is an important Birthday is because the Simpson’s is an iconic cartoon show and has a grand impact on everyone; because it has been around for many years.
Another puff text is, `All this and more inside`. This text is situated at the bottom of the front cover. I have put it here because I believe that when the targeted audience have read the magazine cover then their eyes finally glance across the bottom of the page so then they will notice it. Then finally the words, ` All this and more inside` will make them want to buy the magazine and see further into it to see what is inside. The text is in an original font and white in colour. The white is refreshing to the reader and can imply that the cover and magazine in whole is clean and well set out.
My central image is a picture covering the whole of the front cover of an attractive footballer’s wife, Cheryl Tweedy. I have chosen this image of Cheryl because my magazine is targeted at men, and I think that Cheryl is a woman who men fantasize about.
So it will have a big impact on my magazine if men see Cheryl because they see a young attractive woman and would make them want to buy my magazine. In the image she is posing in a sexual way putting her arms across her on her lap, then showing her cleaverage. This makes men want to read the magazine because they have seen revealing images of her on the cover to make a `come and get me` impression and is inviting.
My central image links in with my anchorage text because I have placed my anchorage text over my central images breasts. I have put the text in this place because it says `Real VS Fake` and would come across to my Target audience that they would need to work out if my central images breasts are real or fake. On the word `Real` I have used a text that I thought that would be as suitable to Real as possible. Also I have used the colour Orange to really get the feel of the text that they are real breasts. Whereas on the word `Fake` I used a different text that resembles mostly a fake mannerism.
In the middle of real and fake there is another piece of text which says `VS`.
The text is black and stretched to look and feel almost boxing like. This gives an impression to the reader that there is a battle going on between the two.
For my buzz words I used `Free Bonus`. This makes the reader feel they are getting something extra when they buy the magazine. Also it makes the reader want to buy it because they are getting two magazines for one low price, so they will come to a conclusion that they are getting better value for money. This offer appeals to everyone because anyone would like anything for free. The text is in an eye-catching red colour so the targeted audience see what they are getting for free.
For my slogan I used the word `Be In The Know`. This makes the reader feel that if they read my magazine they get to know everything and anything that appeals to my target audience. They could be in the know and could be the first out of all their friends to find out new information, so they can tell there friends first and make them jealous of you. In a way it informs the reader the magazine has everything you could possible want to know.
This text is in a rainbow colour so it draws the reader’s attention in like an optical illusion.
